*** Everything you can imagine is real. *** Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. *** Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. *** Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. *** Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. *** Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone *** Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. *** Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. ***
When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.